US 11,851,802 B2
Combination smart dose dispenser system for a laundry treatment appliance
David Scott Dunn, Louisville, KY (US); Alexander Daniel James, Louisville, KY (US); Kenneth G. Rudolph, Louisville, KY (US); and Rainer Schuster, Nurenburg (DE)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,192.
Prior Publication US 2023/0084319 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/57 (2020.01); D06F 105/42 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 39/022 (2013.01) [D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/57 (2020.02); D06F 39/028 (2013.01); D06F 2105/42 (2020.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treatment appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the laundry treatment appliance configured to perform a washing operation and a drying operation, the laundry treatment appliance comprising:
a cabinet forming a receiving space therein;
a tub provided within the receiving space; and
a dispenser assembly provided within the receiving space, the dispenser assembly being in fluid communication with the tub, the dispenser assembly comprising:
a dispenser body coupled to the cabinet and provided adjacent to the tub, the dispenser body defining a front face and a rear face;
a first drawer slidably inserted into the dispenser body along the transverse direction between a withdrawn position and a retracted position;
a second drawer slidably inserted into the dispenser body along the transverse direction between a withdrawn position and a retracted position, the second drawer being provided beneath the first drawer along the vertical direction, wherein a rear end of the first drawer is provided behind a rear end of the second drawer along the transverse direction when each of the first drawer and the second drawer are in the retracted position; and
an outlet defined at a lower portion of the dispenser body, the outlet protruding from the front face of the dispenser body and facing toward a front of the cabinet, wherein contents from each of the first drawer and the second drawer exit the dispenser body via the outlet, wherein the first drawer and the second drawer are immediately adjacent to each other, and wherein a length of the front face from a top edge of the dispenser body to a bottom edge of the dispenser body is greater than a length of the rear face along the vertical direction from the top edge of the dispenser body to the bottom edge of the dispenser body.